Rebecca & Patrick
Our Wedding Party
Dr. Allison Elaine Leonard
Matron of Honor
Allison is the bride’s oldest sister and is a Hospitalist at Ochsner in New Orleans, Louisiana. Allison and Rebecca have enjoyed many fond memories over the years, such as pretending to be dinosaurs to scare their middle sister, learning how to hide Smirnoff Ice, and traveling to Arkansas to buy Allison’s dog Darby. Allison used to babysit Patrick when he was younger and the two pride themselves on a high streak on Snapchat.
Rachel Ann Leonard
Maid of Honor
Rachel is Rebecca’s older sister and currently resides nearby the happy couple in New Orleans, Louisiana. She has a four year old daughter, Elizabeth, who is also the flower girl in Patrick and Rebecca’s wedding. Her hobbies include playing with her little girl, eating Hibachi, and spending too much money at Target (like all of us).
Shelby Marie Caulk
Bridesmaid
Shelby is Rebecca’s youngest cousin and grew up in Avon, Indiana. She currently is loving her life living in New York City working in the fashion industry and attends Christian Siriano fashion shows in her free time. She is a talented musician, always has even winged eyeliner, and makes a fantastic grilled cheese sandwich. Rebecca and Shelby were born family, but chose to be best friends when Rebecca started staying with Shelby’s family in Indiana several times a year in 2012. Since then the two have traveled together, gone to countless concerts, shared in many michelin starred meals, and become obsessed with coconut basil gelato.
Laura Mary Maher
Officiant
Laura and Rebecca met in the sixth grade at Ursuline Academy. They played many sports together including cross country and track and are a true testament to friendship through blood, sweat, and tears. Laura and the bride share a mutual love of Notre Dame, red wine, and quoting every Friends and Monk episode. They plan to dazzle guests at the wedding by rapping to every Ludacris or Usher song ever made.
Elizabeth Ruth Spencer
Bridesmaid
Libby and the bride met in 2005, when Rebecca’s (and actually Patrick’s) family was displaced in Jackson from Hurricane Katrina. Libby went to the bride and groom’s “Hurricane School” and played soccer with Rebecca. The two actually became friends due to an odd bonding session over Wendy’s french fries, and the rest is history. Libby’s hobbies include mean mugging, drinking Dr. Peppers, and binging on netflix with the bride. The groom and Libby have a long standing rivalry and like to trash talk each other during LSU vs. Mississippi State games.
Emily Frances Osborn
Bridesmaid
Emily and Rebecca met in 2007, when Rebecca dated her younger brother. Thankfully for the groom, this did not pan out, but Rebecca and Emily stayed great friends. Emily is a former member of the United States Army and has lived all over the world during her service. She loves German wines, her puppy Akira, and helping the bride organize her life.
Lauren Michele Denault
Bridesmaid
Lauren is the older sister of the groom and has known the couple almost since both of their births. The groom has learned so much from his big sister, including the importance of being adventurous, resilient, and hard working. Lauren used to babysit Rebecca growing up and taught her the essential life skill of using your parents credit card in 2005. The bride is forever grateful.
Courtney Eileen Denault
Bridesmaid
Courtney is Patrick’s younger sister who currently resides in Chicago, Illinois. Her past times include attending Notre Dame football games, music festivals, and dominating at Slap Cup. Patrick and Courtney share many memories of building pillow forts and attending Mardi Gras together.nRebecca has known Courtney since she was a baby, and share a mutual love of fashion and singing All American Rejects at the top of their lungs.
Jennifer Marie Denault
Bridesmaid
Jennifer is the groom’s youngest sister and lives in Murfresboro, Tennessee. The bride used to babysit Jennifer and Courtney, but the three of them got the soccer ball stuck in a tree too many times for their own good. Jennifer is a miracle worker with makeup, owns her own clothing business, and likes to make fun of her big brother in her spare time. Jennifer was the first person to know of the couple's first kiss in 2005, thinking it was either "them kissing or hugging for a really long time". She has been a trusted confidante ever since :)
David Beyer
Best Man
David and Patrick met in the second grade at St. Andrew the Apostle when Pat first moved to New Orleans. They also attended high school at Brother Martin and college at Louisiana State University together and truly epitomize lifelong friendship. Their friendship grew from one where they compared childhood crushes to comparing how fast they can drink a beer while playing golf. The bride and David have known each other since St. Andrew days as well, and their bond has grown over the years particularly in regards to fancy wine tastings and mutually making fun of Patrick.
Cameron Nodier
Groomsman
Cameron and the groom both went to the same high school, but also attended LSU together. The two became close while Cameron was hazing Patrick throughout pledging the Fiji fraternity in college. The two then bonded over their mutual love of Miller Lite, outrageous tailgates, and love of the construction industry. Since then, Cameron and Patrick have continued their friendship in similar ways, but just at Lucy’s in New Orleans instead of Shady’s in Baton Rouge.
Mathew Anand Irimpen
Groomsman
Mathew and the bride met in 2011 in a bar on Tulane’s campus. The two became fast friends, bonding over their love of food & wine, designer fashion, Harry Potter, and being super extra. Mathew has taught Rebecca many things over their friendship: how to live life to the fullest, that its okay to never wear shorts and not know how to drive a car, how to bollywood dance to every song ever made, and many many trendy words like “on fleek”. Mathew and Patrick also became great friends after meeting, drawing on their love of hip music and beer darts.
Ryan James Hildebrand
Groomsman
Ryan is the bride’s brother, as he is married to her oldest sister Allison. Ryan and Rebecca met when the bride was just 12 years old so she has never used the term “in law” because he is the closest she has to a brother. Ryan has influenced the bride in many aspects of her life, from the way he unconditionally loves her sister to the philosophy that it is never to early to order an alcoholic beverage. The groom and Ryan became fast friends after meeting and enjoy drinking beer and playing Fortnite into the wee hours of the night.
Eric Stephen Ng
Groomsman
Eric is Patrick’s only brother in law, as Eric is recently married to Patrick’s oldest sister Lauren. The two met at Mardi Gras over six years ago, with Eric gifting Patrick Bud Light Platinum and have been best friends ever since (which says a lot because Patrick is a Miller Lite fan). Eric is a San Francisco native, which the bride and groom are still accepting as they are neither Golden State nor 49ers fans. This makes games against New Orleans and San Francisco teams even more heated and sometimes awkward. Rebecca and Eric’s relationship revolves around their mutual love of broccolini, being hazed by the Denault/Sheridan Clan, and
Trevor Moll
Groomsman
The groom has known Trevor since high school and Trevor was one of Patrick’s college roommates all four years at LSU. Their friendship grew through school work, tailgates, and weekends full of golf and saints games. The two lived together after graduating in Baton Rouge where they both worked for two years before Patrick moved back to New Orleans and Trevor moved to pursue his degree in Physical Therapy.
Kevin Latusek
Groomsman
Kevin and Patrick have been friends since Brother Martin High School. Their friendship continued to grow from High School to College where they were neighbors while at LSU. Since school has ended they have remained close friends even though living in different cities. Whether it is a round of golf in New Orleans or a tailgate in Baton Rouge the two have healthy competitve natures, but always have a great time together.
Michael Dugas
Groomsman
The groom met Michael when they played soccer together at PAC. They reunited when they were both freshman at Brother Martin High School and played on the same soccer team again. Michael was one of Patrick’s roommates all four years of college, and was the first person to show him around LSU's campus and to give the groom the real feeling of being an LSU Tiger.
Elizabeth Claire Leonard
Flower Girl
Elizabeth is the only niece of the bride and is also her god daughter. She is 4 years old, but going on 16 already! She likes being creepy, saying bad words, and dancing to Gangham Style. Patrick has been her “Uncle Patrick” since the day she was born, and she loves him dearly (except when he says she can’t have candy). The bride facetimes Elizabeth every day. Unfortunately for Rebecca, Elizabeth’s first response is usually “where’s Patrick?” Both Patrick and Rebecca adore Elizabeth, even when she pees on their floor. The happy couple hopes to show Elizabeth the meaning and importance of love through their actions and marriage.